Weather Forecast
20.80°C
Current Temperature
15.00km/h
Wind speed
26.26°C
Water Temperature
0.93m
Swell
0.52m
Tide
8/11
UV
Letitia Spit is a 3.3 km long barrier beach, backed by the Tweed River and it's eastern training wall. It is anchored in the north by the Tweed entrance wall and in the south by the boulder strewn Fingal Head. The small historic settlement of Fingal Head is located at the southern end with it's facilities including the council run Fingal Caravan Park, and next door the Fingal Rovers Surf Club and a beach front car park. The Surf Club was established in 1934 and averages 14 rescues per year. Letitia Spit is a 3.3 km long barrier beach (NSW 2), backed by the Tweed River and its southern training wall. It is anchored in the north by the southern Tweed entrance wall and in the south by the basalt boulders of Fingal Head. The small historic settlement of Fingal Head is located at the southern end with its facilities including the council run Fingal Caravan Park, and next door the Fingal Rovers Surf Club and a beach front car park (Fig. 4.5). There is a nice shady park and picnic area adjacent to the car park and a walking track to the head and the Fingal Head Lighthouse. The Surf Club was established in 1934 and averages 14 rescues per year. A 3 km long road runs north of the township to the South Head entrance wall, a popular fishing and surfing spot, and location of the intake jetty for the Tweed River sand bypassing system. Access to the remainder of the beach is from this road across the low dunes. The northern end of the beach prograded 200 m seaward following the extension of the training walls in 1962-65. However since sand bypassing commenced in 2000, over 500 000 m3 of sand is being pumped each year from the beach northward across the Tweed, and the beach is slowly receding to its original shoreline. The entire beach is composed of fine sand and is exposed to prevailing easterly waves, resulting in a double bar system. The inner bar is typically attached but cut by up to 15 beach rips, while the outer bar has more widely spaced rips. At the southern end a persistent topographic rip runs out along Fingal Head, and from time to time pulses of sand, called sand waves, move around the head producing an elongate bar and rip trough. Basalt rocks from the head are also present in the surf on either side of the Club house and patrol area.
Beach Length: 3.3km
General Hazard Rating: 6/10

Patrolled Beach Flag Patrols

Sun
31 Mar
Mon
25 Mar
Tue
26 Mar
Wed
27 Mar
Thu
28 Mar
Fri
29 Mar
Sat
30 Mar
Fingal Rovers SLSC
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10:00 -16:00
10:00 -16:00
10:00 -16:00

Information

Formal parking area
Formal parking area
Formal parking area
Showers
Change Rooms
Toilets Block M/F
Public phone
Kiosk
Park
Drinking water
Bus
Jetty

Regulations

Hazards

Topographic rips

Weather

SLSA provides this information as a guide only. Surf conditions are variable and therefore this information should not be relied upon as a substitute for observation of local conditions and an understanding of your abilities in the surf. SLSA reminds you to always swim between the red and yellow flags and never swim at unpatrolled beaches. SLSA takes all care and responsibility for any translation but it cannot guarantee that all translations will be accurate.